"You get to the point where we need to ease the transition, in a spiritual way, actually.”

You can hear the full interview with Goldenberg, as well as actor Ari Urban, at the top of the page.

But here are a few excerpts.

Goldenberg on finding the balance between satire and people-bashing:

“That’s my fear. As a member of the community, yeah, I’m a little nervous. ‘Cause we even put ourselves up. There’s self-mockery. So for me, you just have to put everyone on the table. You can’t just serve up the hipsters. You got to go after everyone equally.”

On sending up the “Save Detroit” mantra:

“Just the concept, right, of saving Detroit? That’s an amazing concept. Who are you saving? What are you saving them from, exactly? And who are you?! And so all these ideas that just get wrapped into earnestness and just washed over because people truly do want to do what they deem as positive change. It’s not defined. And I haven’t met anyone yet who could define what Detroit needs, and how you’re going to do it.”

And last but not least, the satirical Kickstarter ad that started the whole thing.